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The kids wanted to make dinner for Matt to welcome him home from vacation, and since they are such selfless givers, they chose their own favorite meal: Enchiladas!
Kaylen has been eager to make a meal since her first cooking experience with the Devil's Food Cupcakes, and she chose Beef Enchiladas. Jenson hates everything and is a super picky eater so he chose Cheese Enchiladas.
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I planned this decadent dessert around a bottle of wine I picked up several years ago with Chrystal during one of our first trips together to New Orleans. We went wine tasting near Jackson Square and sampled (from what I can recall) some pretty strange fruit wines. I loved and purchased Midnight Sun, an orange wine with coffee beans. This one was fantastic with a sweet orange and coffee flavor. It's strange to sniff a glass of wine and have such a strong Starbucks scent coming off of it!
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I have to confess, I had visions of poaching dozens of eggs before getting this right, similar to Julie & Julia. Thankfully it only took me 5 tries to get 2 good eggs. This worked for me because nobody else wanted poached eggs ruining their biscuits and gravy. Poached eggs seemed very 'New Orleans' to me, so I went for it.
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I bought this fantastic cookbook on my 3rd annual girls weekend in New Orleans with the ever-fabulous Chrystal. (Matt said it feels to him like I've been 74 times.) We are 2 ladies who love us some yummy food and drinks. Where else would be better to go?
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These Banana Split Skewers are a perfect low-guilt blend of chocolate and healthy fruit on a stick. Anything on a stick gets 2 thumbs up in my book--part of the reason I love the Texas Renaissance Festival and the Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo so much! Where else can you get steak, cheesecake, chocolate-covered bacon, frozen bananas, fried cookie dough, those swirly potato fry things, and MORE...all on a stick?!? Heaven.
